What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On August 21, 2019 at approximately 1246 local time N2299F landed gear up at Tampa International Airport on runway 19L. The aircraft attempted to land at X05 pilot country airport. But when gear handle was down only 2 gear indicator lights illuminated nose and left main. Upon landing on runway 18 when the aircraft started to slow down right main gear started to collapse after another attempt with same results an emergency was declared and aircraft was diverted to Tampa International Airport. A low pass and fly-by was conducted to verify gear was down. The tower reported that gear appeared to be down so the pilot attempted to land on runway 19R but had the same results as the previous attempts. Pilot decided to land gear up and was instructed to land on runway 19L. Aircraft landed gear up which cause substantial damage to the aircraft.
As the FAA filed it
ON AUGUST 21, 2019 AT APPROXIMATELY 1246 LOCAL TIME N2299F LANDED GEAR UP AT TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 19L. THE AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT X05 PILOT COUNTRY AIRPORT. BUT WHEN GEAR HANDLE WAS DOWN ONLY 2 GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS ILLUMINATED NOSE AND LEFT MAIN. UPON LANDING ON RUNWAY 18 WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO SLOW DOWN RIGHT MAIN GEAR STARTED TO COLLAPSE AFTER ANOTHER ATTEMPT WITH SAME RESULTS AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED TO TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. A LOW PASS AND FLY-BY WAS CONDUCTED TO VERIFY GEAR WAS DOWN. THE TOWER REPORTED THAT GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN SO THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 19R BUT HAD THE SAME RESULTS AS THE PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS. PILOT DECIDED TO LAND GEAR UP AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 19L. AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP WHICH CAUSE SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.